This type of speech is also called a Declamation Speech. You select a speech written and performed by someone else and deliver it as if you were the original writer/speaker of it. Remember, your goal is NOT to sound like the original speaker, but yet to relate the content of the speech to your audience just as he/she did and deliver it to influence your audience in the same manner. And if you look throughout history, that's a pretty tall task as you consider some of the most effective and moving speakers of the past.
Need to find a speech? Check here for a great source for historical speeches!!! Or, here's a site for famous Eulogy Speeches If you find one you like, read it out loud and time it to make sure it is between 6-8 minutes in length.
Think you found a good speech? Check the time using the online stopwatch.
Now that you have your speech, what do you do? 1. Write the introduction: Research information about the event or person your speech is about. How did people feel about the event when it occurred? What emotions would people in the audience have when they first heard this speech? If your speech is a eulogy, tell us about the person and his/her accomplishments. Who was he or she to the world? Record all of these things and write an opening to your speech to establish the same mood in the classroom. It should be between 20-30 seconds long.
2. Analyze your speech's content: The biggest key to unlocking the "how-to's" of Declamation speaking is to analyze your speech so you fully understand not only its importance now, but its meaning and influence on the audience back then. Use the attached worksheet to do so.
Need to find a speech?
Check here for a great source for historical speeches!!!
Or, here's a site for famous Eulogy Speeches
If you find one you like, read it out loud and time it to make sure it is between 6-8 minutes in length.
Think you found a good speech?
Check the time using the online stopwatch.
Now that you have your speech, what do you do?
1. Write the introduction:
Research information about the event or person your speech is about. How did people feel about the event when it occurred? What emotions would people in the audience have when they first heard this speech? If your speech is a eulogy, tell us about the person and his/her accomplishments. Who was he or she to the world? Record all of these things and write an opening to your speech to establish the same mood in the classroom. It should be between 20-30 seconds long.
2. Analyze your speech's content:
The biggest key to unlocking the "how-to's" of Declamation speaking is to analyze your speech so you fully understand not only its importance now, but its meaning and influence on the audience back then. Use the attached worksheet to do so.
All done presenting?
After you've presented your speech, click here for instructions on self-evaluation